Well that's good in a way, if they retire now Trump would be able to pick their replacements.
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They’ve been playing the long game for a long time. They’ll retire when it's convenient for them.
One can always hope that hubris causes their downfall and they die early in a Dem presidents term, akin to how RBG kicked off during Trump term 1 when she could have retired somewhere during Obama's time.
Man, she pisses me off so much. Everything she fought for goes up in smoke because she can't imagine letting go of power.
This is why I always urge people to treat "feminists" with the same skepticism you would give to an antifeminist. So often the people taking the lead in a movement are just power-hungry assholes.
And the fake opposition party will confirm new appointees.
Why would they risk their multimillion dollar per year bribes?
They are waiting to see the result of the midterms before deciding.
🙏🙏 Please pull a RBG 🙏🙏
Isn't that just dying in office and getting replaced by a super conservative?
Dying in office and getting replaced by your ideological opposite ✌️
What a bittersweet event.
My dad didn't want to retire either. He did not retire, but he is not working anymore, or in pain.
In other 'news' grass is green and the pope remains Catholic
No, it's not really that obvious, at least for Alito. The article doesn't mention the fact that he has a book coming out soon, and I read in a different article that his scheduled book tour conflicts with the next Court term.
Plus, there is a small chance that Democrats win back the Senate, and if that happens before the next SCOTUS opening then there is zero chance Democrats act on it, after what happened with Garland's nomination to replace Scalia. So, if either justice was thinking of retiring, they would prefer to do it while Republicans still held the Senate.
I doubt Thomas ever leaves before his health forces to, though. He makes too much in ~~bribes~~ gratuities to make any other gig attractive.
Plus, there is a small chance that Democrats win back the Senate, and if that happens before the next SCOTUS opening then there is zero chance Democrats act on it
I wish I could muster that level of optimism for Chuck Schumer.
I get it, but I think this time even Chuck will be on board. He can even call it the "McConnell Rule" if he wants. Politicians always love blaming the other side.
The only way a Democratic Senate would approve a new Trump justice would be if Democrats went to him and said "I know you won't nominate a Liberal, here is a list of Conservatives we would back" and Trump picked one of them. Yes, even Fetterman would support that.
And before you start hating on Chuck over supporting any Conservative judge, remember that there are a pile of Conservative judges who are pissed off over this Administration also. Forcing Trump to appoint a centrist may make the difference between Trump being able to successfully ratfuck the next Presidential election, or not.
That's a roller coaster of a comment.
First you say that Chuck would probably be on board for the "McConnell rule", and then freely admit that he would also be on board for confirming a conservative judge that he "approved of".
Well, I don't think you're wrong about the second part. I also think Chuck would confirm a conservative justice, and for him the only requirement would be unconditional support for Israel, with some lip service to civil liberties, that's it.
Because all Chuck cares about is Israel and expanding corporate power, in that order.
No, my point is that not all Conservative judges are the same. And, if you take the Constitution seriously, the President has a right to pick someone, and the Senate has a right to advise him on who they find acceptable, and their consent is a requirement. So this the way it was supposed to have worked all along.
Remember that Anthony Kennedy is a conservative, and he was nominated to the Court by Reagan. Yet, once the Court started to lurch to the Right he ended up being the swing vote. Regardless, though, he retired while Republicans could fully control his replacement.
You could argue Kennedy was a compromise choice, because the Senate was in control of Democrats at the time, and they had already rejected Robert Bork for the job. If Chuck could force a similar outcome, wouldn't that be a good thing?
Or any of the rotating villain "opposition."
Fair enough, still the norm seems to be to cling to the seat till deaths cold hands pry you from it.
Well, yeah, it is a lifetime appointment. It, quite literally, takes an Act of Congress to be fired from it. So they can hold to the job as long as they want.
Maybe all of those conservative judges need to be "convinced" to retire once someone other than the orange fool is in charge of finding their successors.
Impeached, tried, convicted, and sentenced.
Fuckin Sith Lords